The combined research project and dissertation offers students the opportunity to work on an individual research project exploring current problems and issues in a wide range of application areas that would benefit from an inter-disciplinary design research approach. It introduces students to design research methodologies and practices, including qualitative and quantitative approaches, data collection and analysis, and research protocols and procedures. Students can choose to follow one of the primary types of design research: design (a fundamental component of the research is the design and implementation of a strategy, intervention, or product) or empirical (empirical data gathering is required to understand a phenomenon, practice or method). Students will produce a research proposal including the research aims, objectives, and questions of the project, a literature review of the topic being examined, the project's research methodology and methods and a project timeline. The project is written up into a research dissertation, and may include evidence and documentation of Built Work. A single result is given for the combined project and dissertation.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Design Lab |
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Credit points | 12 |
Prerequisites
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IDEA9106 and 18 credit points from (DESN9003 and DESN9100) or (DESN9004 and DESN9200) |
Corequisites
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DESN9203 |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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DESN9001 or DESN9002 |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | No |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Joel Fredericks, joel.fredericks@sydney.edu.au |
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Lecturer(s) | Joel Fredericks, joel.fredericks@sydney.edu.au |